From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:45:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-gui: use themed tk widgets with Tk 8.5
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1001280244430.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20100128005142.GK5452@spearce.org>

Hi,

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

> Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > 
> > This patch enables the use of themed Tk widgets with Tk 8.5 and above.
> > These make a significant difference on Windows in making the
> > application appear native. On Windows and MacOSX ttk defaults to the
> > native look as much as possible. On X11 the user may select a theme
> > using the TkTheme XRDB resource class by adding an line to the
> > .Xresources file. The set of installed theme names is available using
> > the Tk command 'ttk::themes'. The default on X11 is similar to the current
> > un-themed style - a kind of thin bordered motif look.
> > 
> > A new git config variable 'gui.usettk' may be set to disable this if
> > the user prefers the classic Tk look. Using Tk 8.4 will also avoid the
> > use of themed widgets as these are only available since 8.5.
> > 
> > Some support is included for Tk 8.6 features (themed spinbox and native
> > font chooser for MacOSX and Windows).
> 
> Thanks.  I've been running with this pretty much all day today;
> it seems sane.  I'll probably push it shortly.

Thanks.  Can you notify me when you do so?  I will merge into 4msysgit.git 
directly then.

Ciao,
Dscho